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Should students get a discount if they won't be on campus because of COVID-19?

  • Written by Robert Massa, Adjunct Professor, Rossier School of Education, USC, University of Southern California
imageCOVID-19 has caused colleges to spend more to cope with the pandemic. elenaleonova/GettyImages

Not long after the COVID-19 pandemic caused colleges to start teaching remotely, students balked at the idea of paying full tuition for online learning. It’s not hard to understand why. After all, they were not getting the football and basketball...

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¿El coronavirus permanece en el cuerpo? Lo que sabemos sobre cómo los virus subsisten en el cerebro y los testículos

  • Written by William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
image¿Existen áreas del cuerpo donde el SARS-CoV-2 pueda esconderse del sistema inmunitario?fotograzia / Getty Images

Mientras millones de personas se recuperan de la COVID-19, queda una pregunta sin responder: ¿el virus puede “ocultarse” en pacientes aparentemente recuperados? Si es así, ¿podría eso...

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Insect apocalypse? Not so fast, at least in North America

  • Written by Matthew D. Moran, Professor of Biology, Hendrix College
imageThe Texas frosted elfin (_Callophrys irus hadros_), a small butterfly subspecies found only in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, has lost most of its prairie habitat and is thought to have dramatically declined over the last century. Matthew D. Moran, CC BY-ND

In recent years, the notion of an insect apocalypse has become a hot topic in...

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How to use ventilation and air filtration to prevent the spread of coronavirus indoors

  • Written by Shelly Miller, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
imageOpen windows are the simplest way to increase air flow in a room. Justin Paget / Digital Vision via Getty Images

The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. The best way to prevent the virus from spreading in a home or business would be to simply...

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As coronavirus curtails travel, backyard pilgrimages become the way to a spiritual journey

  • Written by Kathryn Barush, Thomas E. Bertelsen Jr. Chair and Associate Professor of Art History and Religion at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley and The Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University
imageCOVID-19 is changing how people go on pilgrimages.conceptual,fashion,advertising/Moment via Getty Images

Many major religious pilgrimages have been canceled or curtailed in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. These have included the Hajj, a religious milestone for Muslims the world over; the Hindu pilgrimage, known as the Amarnath Yatra hig...

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Armed poll watchers: New Jersey's cautionary tale ahead of the 2020 presidential election

  • Written by Mark Krasovic, Associate Professor of History and American Studies, Rutgers University Newark
imageDemocrats filed suit against Republicans in 1981 for allegedly sending armed patrols to polling stations during the New Jersey gubernatorial race.Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images

In the history of voter suppression in the United States – including attempts to stop Black and Latino people from voting – Republican tactics in the 1981...

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Democratic, Republican parties both play favorites when allotting convention delegates to states

  • Written by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College
imagePolitics is a push-and-pull between the parties and the states. Samuil_Levich/iStock/Getty Images

As the Democratic and Republican parties pick their nominees for the presidency, they’ll do so under a delegate system that rewards states for their partisan loyalty – and ignores the common principle of everyone having an equal say.

Consider...

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'Morality pills' may be the US's best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist

  • Written by Parker Crutchfield, Associate Professor of Medical Ethics, Humanities and Law, Western Michigan University
imageA psychoactive substance to make you act in everyone's best interest?Sayanh Kaew Mni/EyeEm via Getty Images

COVID-19 is a collective risk. It threatens everyone, and we all must cooperate to lower the chance that the coronavirus harms any one individual. Among other things, that means keeping safe social distances and wearing masks. But many people...

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Cyberspace is critical infrastructure – it will take effective government oversight to make it safe

  • Written by Francine Berman, Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
imageCyberspace has become indispensable during the COVID-19 pandemic, heightening the need for online protections.Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision via Getty Images

A famous 1990s New Yorker cartoon showed two dogs at a computer and a caption that read “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” The cartoon represents a digital past when...

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Watch more TV to understand the backlash against the women in the running for vice president

  • Written by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
imagePresident Allison Taylor of '24' ends up being exposed as Machiavellian.20th Century Fox

Joe Biden’s promise to name a woman running mate has prompted familiar debates about gender and power.

Are these potential vice presidents supposed to be presidential lackeys or understudies to the leader of the free world? Should they actively seek the...

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  2. Controversias en la investigación del coronavirus muestran que la ciencia está funcionando como debería
  3. How COVID-19 might increase risk of memory loss and cognitive decline
  4. Lost your job due to coronavirus? Artificial intelligence could be your best friend in finding a new one
  5. Why New York is suing the NRA: 4 questions answered
  6. Brag and name drop: How to project credibility as workplace meetings move online
  7. Ocean warming threatens coral reefs and soon could make it harder to restore them
  8. Wearable fitness devices deliver early warning of possible COVID-19 infection
  9. 8 simple strategies to fuel your body during a pandemic
  10. What is intolerance fatigue, and how is it fueling Black Lives Matter protests?
  11. Brain scientists haven't been able to find major differences between women's and men's brains, despite over a century of searching
  12. 5 reasons Chinese students may stop studying in the US
  13. 1864 elections went on during the Civil War – even though Lincoln thought it would be a disaster for himself and the Republican Party
  14. Nuclear threats are increasing – here's how the US should prepare for a nuclear event
  15. How the sound of religion has changed in the pandemic
  16. As the coronavirus rages in prisons, ethical issues of crime and punishment become more compelling
  17. Twitter posts show that people are profoundly sad – and are visiting parks to cheer up
  18. Jim Thompson is the perfect novelist for our crazed times
  19. In Confederate statue debates, common values can bring meaningful resolution
  20. Will the GOP let Congress send money to states and cities reeling from the pandemic? 4 essential reads on the economic crisis
  21. Young Black Americans not sold on Biden, the Democrats or voting
  22. Buddhist monks have reversed roles in Thailand – now they are the ones donating goods to others
  23. Don't want federal agents in your city or town? Then protect federal property
  24. Video: What the huge COVID-19 testing undercount in the US means
  25. Pompeo's plan for a hierarchy of human rights could serve to undermine them all – including religious freedom
  26. How gene editing a person's brain cells could be used to curb the opioid epidemic
  27. Why diversity training on campus is likely to disappoint
  28. Fight for economic equality is as old as America itself
  29. Contaminación, el silencioso enemigo de la CDMX en la lucha contra el COVID-19
  30. ¿Crees que eres malo para las matemáticas? Puedes sufrir un 'trauma matemático'
  31. The loneliness of social isolation can affect your brain and raise dementia risk in older adults
  32. Yes, most workers can collect more in coronavirus unemployment than they earn – but that doesn't mean Congress should cut the $600 supplement
  33. The raging competition for medical supplies is not a game, but game theory can help
  34. 75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Vatican is providing moral guidance on nuclear weapons
  35. Political conventions today are for partying and pageantry, not picking nominees
  36. Marijuana fueled Colombian drug trade before cocaine was king
  37. Making the most of a tree epidemic
  38. Deciding how and whether to reopen schools is complex -- here's how rocket scientists would develop a plan
  39. ¿Qué medicamentos y tratamientos se ha demostrado que funcionan y cuáles no para la COVID-19?
  40. What literature can tell us about people's struggle with their faith during a pandemic
  41. 3 ways to promote social skills in homebound kids
  42. Millions of America's working poor may lose out on key anti-poverty tax credit because of the pandemic
  43. Wildfires can poison drinking water – here's how communities can be better prepared
  44. International trade has cost Americans millions of jobs. Investing in communities might offset those losses
  45. How a peace conference's failures a century ago set the stage for today's anti-racist uprisings
  46. How the failures of the 1919 Versailles Peace Treaty set the stage for today’s anti-racist uprisings
  47. Obamacare's unexpected bonus: How the Affordable Care Act is helping middle-aged Americans during the pandemic
  48. Video: Who controls pandemic data?
  49. ¿Qué puede aprender la cadena de suministro médica de la industria de la moda?
  50. Timeouts improve kids' behavior if you do them the right way